Daily Archives: April 4, 2025

UCLA Bruins face the UConn Huskies in Final 4

[ad_1] UConn Huskies (35-3, 21-0 Big East) vs. UCLA Bruins (34-2, 18-2 Big Ten) Tampa, Florida; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -7.5; over/under is 135.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 UCLA and No. 3 UConn meet in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Advertisement The Bruins’ record in Big Ten games is 18-2, and their record is 16-0 in …

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Analytics approach leads Florida basketball to Final Four showdown with Auburn

[ad_1] Swampcast talks Florida basketball Final Four matchup with Auburn The Sun’s Kevin Brockway and Noah Ram break down Florida basketball’s run to Final Four and preview Auburn game on Saturday with Adam Cole of the Montgomery Advertiser. Coach Todd Golden and his staff, including analytics coach Jonathan Safir, use data to inform decisions on player evaluation, game strategy, and …

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Chattanooga beats UC Irvine in wild overtime

[ad_1] Paul Shepherd  |  Special to IndyStar INDIANAPOLIS — The calendar might say April, but March Madness was on full display in the NIT championship game Thursday at Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.  After forcing its second overtime of the tournament, Chattanooga knocked off top-seeded UC Irvine 85-84 to win its first NIT championship in the first meeting between the two …

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Villanova and UCF square off in CBC matchup

[ad_1] UCF Knights (19-16, 9-14 Big 12) vs. Villanova Wildcats (21-14, 12-10 Big East) Las Vegas; Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Villanova faces UCF in the College Basketball Crown. The Wildcats are 12-10 against Big East opponents and 9-4 in non-conference play. Villanova is seventh in the Big East with 7.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Enoch Boakye …

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Auburn Tigers take on the Florida Gators in Final 4

[ad_1] Florida Gators (34-4, 17-4 SEC) vs. Auburn Tigers (32-5, 16-4 SEC) San Antonio; Saturday, 6:09 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gators -2.5; over/under is 159.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Auburn and No. 3 Florida play in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Advertisement The Tigers are 16-4 against SEC opponents and 16-1 in non-conference play. Auburn is fifth in the …

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Moses Moody dunk of the year candidate vs. Lakers overturned – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

[ad_1] Warriors guard Moses Moody put Lakers wing Austin Reaves on a poster Thursday night, but the referees didn’t play along. Moody threw down a dunk of the year candidate in the first quarter of the Warriors’ game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena. Upon replay review, the officials determined that the fourth-year guard committed an offensive foul. …

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Indiana basketball transfer Conor Enright stats, scouting report, highlights

[ad_1] Conor Enright is familiar to Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries. The point guard played two seasons for DeVries at Drake. When DeVries took the coaching job at West Virginia in 2024, Enright transferred to DePaul, where he started until suffering a season-ending shoulder injury. The 6-foot-2 guard from Mundelein, Ill., comes to an IU backcourt that needs help. Trey …

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Steph Curry fuels huge win vs. Lakers – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

[ad_1] BOX SCORE LOS ANGELES — Moses Moody sent the perfect response late Thursday morning when reminded later that night would be the first time the Warriors play a Los Angeles Lakers team with Luka Dončić.  “First time the Lakers are playing us with Jimmy [Butler],” Moody said.  Battling for playoff position with 10 days remaining in the regular season, …

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Once pariahs, now winners, Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson a reflection of a changing game

[ad_1] SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile — two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers. This week, they’re both coaching at the Final Four, the “show-cause” penalties that once stood as a …

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Lakers show fight, but Luka Doncic’s struggles prove costly in loss to Warriors

[ad_1] Golden State star Stephen Curry scores over Lakers star LeBron James, left, and forward Dorian Finney-Smith in the first half of the Warriors’ 123-116 win Thursday at Crypto.com Arena. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) The Lakers couldn’t miss. And then they couldn’t make anything. Eleven times in a row, they got a mismatch they liked and found themselves in spots …

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Solomon Washington to transfer from Texas A&M, per reports

[ad_1] Lamont Butler, Andrew Carr on Kentucky’s NCAA transfer portal hopes Following a 78-65 loss to Tennessee in the 2025 NCAA men’s basketball March Madness tournament, Kentucky players Lamont Butler and Andrew Carr made the case for other athletes to transfer to UK. With the latest transfer, Texas A&M basketball is almost sure to lose every player who served a …

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Warriors top Lakers behind big nights from Stephen Curry and Brandin Podziemski in potential playoff preview

[ad_1] The Warriors continue to look like a new team with Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler together. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) In a potential playoff preview between LeBron James and Stephen Curry, it was Brandin Podziemski who tipped the scales. But it’s not like Curry and James were quiet. With the Western Conference playoff picture rapidly sharpening, the Golden State Warriors went …

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Kailey Woolston will reportedly return to BYU women’s basketball – Deseret News

[ad_1] After entering the transfer portal, one of BYU women’s basketball’s brightest young stars will remain with the program to play for Lee Cummard. Sharpshooter Kailey Woolston has withdrawn her name from the portal and intends to return to the Cougars, according to a report Thursday from Talia Goodman of On3 Sports. Goodman had reported Woolston’s entry into the portal …

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Chattanooga becomes first Southern Conference team to win NIT title after beating UC Irvine in OT

[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Collin Mulholland scored 19 points and made five-pointers, Garrison Keeslar sank a go-ahead jumper from the free-throw line with 11 seconds left in overtime and Chattanooga became the first team from the Southern Conference to win the NIT championship after beating UC Irvine 85-84 on Thursday night. Chattanooga (29-9) tied a program record for victories in …

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